Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech says hello

Summary

Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, two text-to-speech models in the Gemini family, on September 23, 2026. Flash TTS targets creative direction and character design, offering voice creation from natural language prompts and line-by-line performance control, while Flash-Lite TTS targets high-volume, cost-efficient use such as dubbing and voice agents. The models are available across Google AI Studio, the Gemini API, Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Notebook and Google Vids.

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